which of the points pleasures and i would print certainly be splendid which will in time a true wizard tell me tonight you're rich in a good and with international journalists fled to cheap evergreen lily killed in. the un suspends libya from his human rights council following the government's aggression against protesters there is speculation the u.s. and the u.k. could have their own plans for this noble country. shifting from north east as the on the rest of the middle east and north africa is shaking the world america's foreign policy is changing course along with it. as a soviet union is first and last president celebrates his eightieth birthday look at his legacy as the promise with russia on that path and towards democracy.

well from our studios in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us now a series of blasts of reportedly lot rock the libyan capital as colonel gadhafi continues to hold on well several tiles near the trip near tripoli are now in the hands of the opposition witnesses say that one of them has come under air attack and forces loyal to gadhafi have retaken a nearby oil facility meanwhile the u.s. is waxing its military muscle moving its naval forces closer to libya triggering speculation of possible strikes or the u.k. also is not ruling out the use of force the international storm is gathering over the libyan leader the u.n. suspending the country from its human rights council it also calls for a mass humanitarian evacuation for people caught up in the crisis plus world pressure mounts are thousands more and that reports on well. so is ready for war.

and we do not in any way the use of military assets we must not tolerate this regime using military force against its own people is this history repeating itself the british government getting the guns on standby as a country crumbles posed no fly zone in this case libya in two thousand and three it was iraq it's looking very dangerous looking quite possible that they will launch such an attack with or without un approval and so we're looking at almost a repeat of what happened in iraq. the results are suspect really large and the same but not every country is getting that treatment and libya is not the only african nation in turmoil somalia's drawn out conflict has been called a slow gender site but there's little sign of u.s. or european military inputs and it's a similar story on the other side of the continent there are events unfolding right

now in ivory coast where there is also a conflict an armed conflict between rebels and the government but nobody seems to be thinking of that it's only because fashionable attention is focused on libya but also for the political implications of the middle east as a whole because we all know the west including my own country has got its hands very dirty with the libyan leadership over recent years. with black gold libya has the largest proven oil reserves in africa more than three percent to so and there could be a lot more undiscovered the only reason they're interested in libya is about the oil here anybody screaming and yelling about all those people they were killed in iraq well. i guess cocoa was that bad you know as much of a national priority put in somalia there was precious little help while the party count years except for one brief disastrous into. involving u.s.

soldiers immortalized in the movie black hawk down american forces failed at great cost to stabilize the country they need to quickly and haven't returned and the lessons were learned when it came to iraq which remains of staple even with only feeble sheets of the much vaunted democracy allied troops are equally down in afghanistan bidding timeline for withdrawal and an ever rising death toll could be clear to an idiot. that's been made in afghanistan the terrible disaster that was caused in iraq really shouldn't want any more countries in the middle east it's a model today's troubled african nations will want to impose their government which is still ruling. out american occupation of iraq really that is not the kind of help. the middle east. and american and european government should look for backing of whom either up to a million marched in london

a for the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three and times have changed this is now austerity britain where starting another war factored into the budget british troops are already fighting an unpopular war in afghanistan it's highly unlikely the public has the appetite for again getting involved in someone else's struggle as they are at home in the face of deep cuts rising unemployment and it's unlikely to be popular inside this building the ministry of defense has to slash spending by more than seven and a half billion dollars in the next four years it's an intervention britain which prides hard to afford on many levels. the mediator of course in russia's envoy to nato says there is opposition inside the alliance against any military intervention in libya. well you know as of today nato has an alliance won't take

a decision to intervene into libya some european countries within the bloc are against any military actions without an agreement from the u.n. security council if the u.s. and britain decide to intervene that will be a gross violation of all international rules to this could be sanctioned only by the u.n. the more i talked to the lines to secretary general and i hope moscow's voice was heard. well carol turner of the antiwar activist says that while the majority of libyans may want a regime change they don't want to see of achieved by foreign intervention. i'm extremely rare it could be a foreign intervention right by the united states and britain i think it's very difficult for them but on the other hand if they feel that there's any opportunity of toppling uninstalling a pro western regime or if they think feel for oil interests and operate here in press or in some way threaten then i think ultimately they once held back i'm

particularly concerned about the no fly policy speech itself but comparison would be what's happened in iraq in the ninety ninth his at the end of the gulf war of ninety nine he won the united states and britain a scottish a no fly zone the net result was that hundreds of thousands of iraqis were killed the infrastructure of the country was blown see next the results of the no fly zone walls not to prevent cools the humanitarian crisis and it doesn't take a great leap of financial nation to see thoughtful situation unfold the libyan population across the bridge has made pretty clear in my opinion for the although it wants to change regimes it doesn't want foreign intervention you don't need the green politics to worry about them to understand what's being said of

course it doesn't want america or britain but. we will have more on the developing situation in the arab world shortly but first let's have a quick look ahead on what else we have for you this hour doctors are pioneering new lifesaving surgery we'll find out how they're helping to keep the person taking in a few minutes. on the violence in libya and the rest of the region has led to one president and served in oil prices the fuel's been sensitive to the escalating situation for weeks now and is now well over one hundred dollars per barrel well for the impact let's cross to our business where you have joins us live hi there you yes or just tell us what the effects will be this is going to have globally. well prices are high again as fine as the middle east and north africa start rest will continue and will spread em least see the tree roll out in this region as being particularly negative for investment in the long term which could effectively

result in the loss of him from mental volumes and a slowdown in it for ration really well it's difficult to make any forecasts now as world prices have been particularly during the christmas during the recent years sylvie's spiralling to one hundred forty seven dollars a barrel plummeting professionalism we continue to question else else is surging oil price good or bad for russia but many experts say that if we speak about the russian economy today that this is definitely good news why well it's good for the russian economy because it's fifty percent of the country's g.d.p. and another positive aspect of this is that now russia can russia's role as a sustainable energy supplier to europe will increase their energy experts agree that it's difficult to make any long term or costs and the shop drive north versus creative here is of economic risks to quit when the world is trying to recover from be global financial crisis and some emerging countries are energy is

a greater share of overall consumption even more vulnerable we'll have more analysis not reasons but in politics and that's fine. all right well thank you so much for that outdates you have all come from our business desk. while the situation in north africa and the middle east is rapidly changing so is america's foreign policy will its future course top the agenda for us secretary of state hillary clinton as she met with the foreign affairs committee on capitol hill are christine for looks at the changing tides of washington's priorities. rove. afghanistan iraq egypt. libya. when it comes to u.s. foreign policy this country's hands are not just full they're often tied secretary of state hillary clinton charged with the task of laying out a plan for the future generations of americans including my own have grown up

successful and safe because we chose to lead the world in tackling the greatest challenges but now clear signs that the challenges and the times are changing a lot of people in this country have come to the conclusion that our policy overhaul has been inconsistent sometimes we support the bad guys and the bad guys become our enemy. twenty eleven has been a major year with major shifts in prominence and power in northern africa and the middle. and signs the u.s. will influence maybe we need just days before the regime of egyptian president hosni mubarak fell both secretary clinton and cia director leon panetta called it stable. but. there are also inconsistency is on the war in afghanistan in afghanistan integrated military and civilian surges have helped set

the stage for our diplomatic surge to support afghan led reconciliation that could end the conflict and put al qaeda on the run but robert one kansas senior u.n. official just said quote it is fair to say that security in the country is at its lowest point since the departure of the taliban even secretary of defense robert gates said this just last week to a group of cadets at west point but in my opinion any future's defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big american land army and asia. or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined as general macarthur so delicately put it there is also the matter of money u.s. own economy weak and losing leverage to other powers like china and brazil another frustration voiced by lawmakers doesn't make any sense at all for us to be borrowing money from china and giving it to other countries especially giving it

back to china. now when it comes to iran there is a clear position given by the state department the denial of human dignity in iran is an outrage that deserves the condemnation of all who speak out for freedom and justice but in many other regions like the rain albania and most prominently iraq were many many more people are killed at the hands of u.s. allied governments the silence is deafening. and as the landscape changes daily in libya cracks in the foundation here grow deeper we must maintain firm ties with our allies and enemies must be clearly identified it is a constantly changing position on good versus evil and increasingly diminishing power to influence what's next in washington christine for is now our team and don't forget you can always find plenty of stories to explore in our website that's

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the official. q on the one pulled from the. mine. and if you want. to. call now the end of the cold war the reunification of germany liberalism and better story and u.s.s.r. is first and last president. today celebrates his eightieth birthday and his legacy has been hailed as the father of russia's democracy gorbachev was born in a small village in the south of the country and he became leader of the u.s.s.r. in nineteen eighty five and with his economic and political reforms he paved the way for democracy and russia is best known policy is that

a story which aims to revamp the coffee without destroying the basis of socialism this initiatives also lead to the consolation of state censorship and liquidation of free speech in the country which will receive the nobel peace prize in one thousand and ninety one however and year later a close started a chain of events which led to the collapse of the soviet union major step down that boris yeltsin became president of all much else critics say he launched the contrie into a destructive and chaotic reform the effects of which are still being felt today that make real gorbachev stilts. as his actions were timely and necessary. but not for this we realized from experience that it was dangerous to wait much longer but we had to take a risk but we couldn't postpone as we needed changes i don't agree when people say the perestroika failed it didn't fail it was disrupted railed stocks but still

perestroika achieved a lot inside russia we had democracy free elections freedom of conscience private property freedom to travel abroad everything also glasnost there was so much openness the entire country was affected the people realized they had finally got some freedom an opportunity to act in foreign affairs we put an end to the cold war we normalized our relationship with the u.s. we reunited germany we didn't send our tanks our troops there all our units in eastern europe states where they were it wasn't always easy many things did not work out the way we planned at the beginning and when we made our first mistakes we didn't really explain to people what was going on and didn't get them involved in all those processes we were self-confident but in public politics i don't think we have ever lost a major battle nuclear arsenals were significantly reduced thanks to our efforts during perestroika today when the world is so divided we need to find things that

bring us together for instance the g twenty is a step which brings us closer it's an instrument of the mechanism for hunting the hardest and most challenging issues but we need more than that it's a matter of learning to live in a global world. well you can watch the full interview with gorbachev on first ten minutes time here on our for now let's have a quick look at some other international headlines pakistan's minister for religious minorities has been killed in a gonna attack on the conference capitol police a gunman opened fire on him outside his house as he was literally for work. shahbaz bhatti who was a christian and have been threatened by islamist militants in the past for speaking out against the country's harsh blasphemy laws every year in the year eight when job governor was gunned down by one of his bodyguards for his opposition to the laws. dust storms whipped up by strong winds are hampered recovery efforts and the new zealand city of christchurch crews attempting to retrieve

bodies from scores of buildings brought down by a deadly earthquake a week ago have also been slowed by repeated aftershocks five more bodies have been pulled from the rubble bringing the death toll to one hundred sixty zero and police have said that some victims' bodies may never be recovered. colombia has been removed from a list of countries requiring special observation by the u.s. drug control washed out the international narcotics control board say the move was in the recognition of the conference achievements in finding the problem but they would continue to monitor developments closely with the un's trying time reports showed drastic reductions in cocoa plantations or that more drugs were seized there them and other states in the world over the past decade. or for some a change of heart is their only hope for life but a lack of donors in russia means that the odds of survival are firmly stacked

against it now a pioneering new technique be used in the country could reverse that trend artie's it's not a boycott has a story it's a smile that comes straight from the heart and how she almost died from heart failure to decades ago but these visits are cardiology ward for regular. viewers who look at her she's just a picture of health and i know she's been living with a new heart longer than with a room. dr drew miscavige operate on a tight ship twenty one years ago but i don't know organ was her only hope for live one of the best known cardiac surgeons in russia here from hundreds of lifesaving transplants but still thinks of the thousands he couldn't do because of the shortage of donor organs nowadays he's pioneering any technique that gives some patients on the alice waiting list a more definite hope. a heart transplant is not

a panacea firstly the supply of donor organs is so short that you can only hope a smattering of patients secondly it brings with it a number of complications starting with ethical dilemmas and a biological functions that's why finding an alternative treatment that will allow to preserve a host organ is so crucial. to the treatment dr back and forth remodeling consists of seven surgeries that together reverse the damage to a broken heart russian doctor started performing it two years ago and its long term effectiveness is still being tested yet for someone like this patient not to it already proved a real life changer here buddy when i was first diagnosed doctors told me i had a year to leave now and i have all the reasons to hope that i'll see my little daughter grow up i was told that i may still need a heart transplant in the future but the surgery was that before using. but just ate his surgery is carried out this procedure is far from being routine yet this

excess will recovery of older patients has already given to many on the transplant waiting list a change of heart reconstructed to julie has many advantages or heart transplant patients don't have changer and agonizing and far from guaranteed to wait for it to know more than the chances of successful recovery a higher but heart transplant this procedure has one major setback to give to those who need it and those who get it to dishearten a huge so we call our team false hope. all be back with the headlines shortly but that's not for the business news with you all yes i do stay with us. that's right time to delve into the world of business or will welcome while prices continue to hit their highest levels in woman two years as the tension in north africa and the middle east continues to fuel concerns over truth supplies the price

of light sweet past the psychological one hundred dollars per barrel mark at one point during wednesday's morning trading let's have a look at some figures whereas the brant crude rose to almost one hundred sixteen dollars barrel this comes after news that saudi arabia may not take any significant steps to bring down the price of crude oil until brant reaches one hundred twenty dollars a barrel which is about eight percent above current levels but both benchmark oil blends have seen a slight dip and there are food trends with brands currently at around one hundred fifteen dollars and lights with just under one hundred dollars a barrel. russian oil giant will corliss learning to maintain its foreign oil production at ten to eleven million tons this year the company's international protocol overseas will also invest two and a half billion dollars into its struction projects outside blushing twenty eleven that's according to the divisions president he also said the company is still interested in middle east and deposits despite the political instability in the

region plans to start drilling in iraq in the first half of this year. russia and norway are stepping up or probation after the two sides came under increments over the arctic dispute a new stage of economic relations between the two countries started last year when russia and rory ended a forty year debate over their maritime borders and agreed to export oil and gas in the arctic region in a region minister of trade and industry says their strategic know how and expertise can greatly help future cooperation in the energy sector. we have a lot of. strong companies we have stuff of course as movies from biggest operating company we have supplier companies with technologies from all kinds of services and goods for go it's sector and i think also we have security and environmental standards and procedures and technologies that will be

fully aboard and in the arctic an area where the consequences of an oil spill or accidents can be even more severe in other areas. let's have a look at how the markets are doing now european shares open lower on wednesday as investors continue to fret over them dressed in the middle east and north africa both the put san the black stripe down one percent down concerns that rising oil prices could hurt comic recovery prompt investors to sell stocks and hedge against further declines. and in asia japan's nikkei closed wednesday's trading down almost two and a half percent on the hang seng lost around a percent and a half with airline and property stocks leaving before we. went on the move into russia the markets are down at the moment the r.t.s. trading slightly in the red best for our top the russian energy sector is beneficient from surging wealth and gold companies are also expected to meet

significant gains asked price for precious metal gets high and let's have a look at some individual share moves and. at the moment the coil and gas chromatography we came in yesterday's mall saying losses her bank losing more than a percent on the r.t.s. analysts say the market is still very volatile so russian companies where well during the day. the global markets on a lot of stable yet. it's not just africa first although i was the big question about what will happen with iran because what i think is maybe if something like this will happen in the run it will be a major blow to all the world oil markets when i can read some comments basically for the. if an american that's. good do not want to squeeze. quantities into the same time to see somebody vital in the economy or some data from or from europe that unemployment went down a little although with a little high inflation it with respect and. and the price of gold has hit a new record high as investors worry that political turmoil may spread across the

middle east it has jumped on the london berlin market by more than fourteen dollars to one thousand four hundred thirty four ballasts gold is traditionally seen as happened for investors in times of uncertainty. so for now you are today it's joining in less than one last time for more business owners.

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